I just wanted to say that of course there were many things done well in The Thin Blue Line, but two things in particular really struck me while watching it. First, I got the chills when Randall was talking about how people kept telling him what happens when you are electrocuted to death, such as eyes popping out and fingernails and toenails popping off, and it kept cutting to a bleak, black and white picture of an electric chair. It’s so scary that men have devised ways to “legally” kill other men. Yes, let’s electrocute them, oh and even better, let others watch. I’m not saying that Morris was saying anything against the death penalty, but I do think he created a lot more implications than merely an innocent man was about to be killed. How many such innocent men have been murdered, and by our very own democratic system? Further, who decides who gets to live? A judge who is more concerned with his number of wins to losses? Or how about a jury who hears biased evidence from creepy watching people with no life of their own who want money, and who would really just like someone to put to death ? Let’s forget the 16 year old, we got one who’s old enough to kill!
Oh yea and the second moment that really struck me that I was going to address before I found something to rant about was when the lawyer who knew the truth told us that he had stopped practicing. I commend that man, and also feel sick that it really has to come to that.